Given how close it was in packaging to the original Golf, the Scirocco was never about just market demands alone; it played an important role in making small European cars cool in the 1970s.

as in the latest Golf GTI. Seats are finished in either fabric, Alcantara, or leather, while the Scirocco R gets racing seats and a leather-clad sports wheel. Air-con, electric windows ...

This is good news. The fear had been that we’d get the new mk6 Golf GTI on the same roads as the Scirocco 2.0 TSI and discover that we couldn’t tell them apart. Not so. In fact some of the ...

So, in 2008, Volkswagen launched a fun and stylish alternative to the time-tested Golf, in the form of their then all-new ...

Volkswagen’s new two-pronged attack on the hot hatch class is now on sale. Both the Scirocco R and Golf R performance cars are available to order, with UK deliveries due in February 2010.

Coincidentally, in 2010 the Scirocco gained the Golf Mk6’s smarter dials and steering wheel and then in 2012 a touchscreen sat-nav, but the biggest changes were reserved for the 2015 facelift.

This translates to "trade wind" in English. The following year saw the introduction of the Golf, as well as the Volkswagen Scirocco. This car's initial run lasted until the early 1990s before ...

Lighter and more agile than virtually all of their competitors, the initial batch of modern VWs consisted of the Passat, the Scirocco, the Golf, and the not-for-the-U.S. Polo. Needless to say ...

That’s because the Scirocco produces 147kW and VW had to make it attractive to buy the Golf GTi. New GTi, picture source: www.vw.co.za The Golf GTi stripped of all optional extras is also about ...

Born into the oil crisis of the early 1970s and based on the compact Volkswagen Golf platform, the first-generation Scirocco was an efficient and sporty answer to the many domestic two-door coupes ...

There will always be those who write the Volkswagen Scirocco off as little more than a Golf in a track suit. There’s an element of truth behind the sniping but there’s also something ...

Volkswagen has announced the Golf Variant and Scirocco facelift ranges will be updated by the arrival of new R-Line packages. These update the look of the cars and give them a sportier appearance ...